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On this weeks we hosted Alex Morris, Founder of The Science of Hitting Investment Research. On the podcast we talked about how investment failures shaped Alex's philosophy, concentration vs diversification and best piece of advice Alex has received. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction0:38 - How your investment failures shaped your investment philosophy?4:00 - “Each company had already lost some standard in comparison to the customer”6:15 - Who has influenced yours style of investing?8:00 - Mix of value vs growth investments9:18 - Has there been a time where your investment theory has changed?12:10 - Already had concerns about position?13:10 - Why have you decided to focus on concentration rather than diversification?16:27 - Breaking up big conglomerates18:30 - Why is the market so volatile?22:40 - Focusing intrinsically rather than extrinsically26:25 - What are the roles in your portfolio?28:50 - Position Sizing30:05 - Best piece of advice?31:30 - How do you analyse new companies?33:15 - How long would it take for you to analyse a stock?38:25 - There is no right and wrong investor39:15 - One message to takeaway from the interview?Alex is a long-term investors and former buyside equities analyst with 10 years of industry experience, most recently as part of a four person investment team responsible for allocating $1.2 billion in client assets. In April 2021, Alex launched TSOH Investment Research service, with the goal of providing completely transparency for his research process and investment strategy. Alex -Website - https://thescienceofhitting.com/Twitter -  https://twitter.com/TSOH_InvestingLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-morris-cfa-47b87027/WTFinance Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

On todays podcast I am happy to have hosted Dominique Mielle, Former partner and Senior Portfolio manager at Canyon Capital, a $25 billion hedge fund and author of the recently released book “Damsel in Distressed: My Life in the Golden Age of Hedge Funds”.On the podcast we talk about her book, why investing requires imagination, how a good deal is a deal where no one is happy and the state of the current Hedge Fund industry. I hope you enjoy!Buy the book here - Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Damsel-Distressed-Golden-Hedge-Funds/dp/1642939722/Kindle - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Damsel-Distressed-Golden-Hedge-Funds-ebook/dp/B0988B7HSC/0:00 - Introduction0:50 - Influence for writing the book?2:20 - Mystique behind Hedge Funds3:55 - Why investing requires imagination?6:59 - A good deal is a deal where no one is happy9:30 - Why was distressed investing so profitable between 2000-200812:40 - Losing Trades15:10 - Losses Happening early in your career16:30 - Advice for people entering the industry?19:45 - Hard getting into the industry20:20 - Why are distressed investors not ‘vultures’?23:55 - Excitement from a great investment24:40 - How has the hedge fund industry evolved over the past 20 years?28:00 - Too much money chasing too few assets31:09 - What is your prediction for the future of Hedge Funds?Dominique spent twenty years as a partner and senior portfolio manager at Canyon Capital. In 2017, she was named of the “50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds” by the Hedge Fund Journal and E&Y.Dominique was one of the only senior women in the hedge fund business and played a key role in complicated bankruptcies, serving as leading creditor’s committee member for Puerto Rico, and restructuring committee member for U.S airlines in the wake of the September 11 attacks.Dominique - Website - https://dominiquemielle.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominique-mielle/Twitter - https://twitter.com/dominiquemielleWTFinance - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

On this weeks episode we hosted Amit Kukreja, founder of Audea.io andPalantir evangelist.On this weeks episode we talk about Amit's Investment Journey, Palantir (obviously), Network Effects, the BioTech company he never talks about and thoughts on Alex Karp. I hope you enjoy!0:30 - How did you get into this world of investing?2:30 - What mistakes did you make when starting investing?5:00 - Analysis of Palantir and long term outlook7:30 - Data8:40 - Network Effects9:35 - Do you think they will have struggle scaling?11:00 - Why has Palantir gone down?12:35 - Might seen inversion of markets at Q3 202213:05 - How do you keep the faith and don’t get concerned about the losses?15:15 - What is your investment process and how do you analyse a company?19:30 - What are your thoughts on Alex Karp?22:25 - What is your Biotech stock you are invested in?30:30 - Cathie Wood selling Palantir?35:15 - One message to take away from the interviewAmit covers stocks and tech on YouTube channel, as well as so much more. He is also long PLTR (if you couldn't guess). Amit - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjZnbgPb08NFg7MHyPQRZ3QTwitter - https://twitter.com/amitisinvestingPatreon - https://www.patreon.com/amitkukrejaWTFinance Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

Buy the Book Here - Kindle - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Asias-Stock-Markets-Ground-Up-ebook/dp/B09J4WBYHL/Hardcover - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Asias-Stock-Markets-Ground-Up/dp/9814974625/On this weeks episode I hosted Herald van der Linde, Chief Asia Equity Strategist at HSBC and author of the recently released book "Asia’s Stock Markets from the Ground Up".On this podcast we talked about how retail investors can invest in Asia, misconceptions about the Asian Markets, most underrated Asian market and . I hope you enjoy!0:22 - Influence for writing the book?2:50 - Many Asian ETFs just focus on China4:05 - Under analysed companies throughout Asia 5:10 - High retail trader presence in Asia6:00 - How did you end up in Asia?9:00 - What are the misconceptions of Asian markets?11:15 - India and Indonesia independent from China sphere of influence13:00 - Countries benefiting from US-China trade war?13:50 - Opportunities in Bangladesh?15:50 - Increase in domestic consumption17:05 - Changing demographics 20:10 - Trends to be watching in the region?22:05 - Which Asian market do you think are underrated?23:20 - What is your investment strategy?25:45 - High exposure to commodities and US Dollar price27:10 - How will US interest rate increase impact investing in Asia?28:24 - Do you see any similarities between now and the Asian Financial Crisis in the late 1990’s?31:20 - Cultural intricacies between Asian countries32:30 - Advice for people pursuing a career investing in Asia?34:20 - One message to take away from the book?Herald van der Linde is HSBC’s Head of Equity Strategy, Asia Pacific. He joined the bank in 2005 and came to HSBC with 20 years of experience in various roles, including stock analyst, equity strategist and country head of research in Indonesia, South Africa and Taiwan. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), speaks seven languages and has an MSc in Economics, for which he wrote a thesis on Indonesia’s central bank in Jakarta in 1993.Herald is also an Associate of the Institute of Wine and Spirits and is a certified lecturer for the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET). He sits on the advisory committee for the China Studies programme at Hong Kong’s Baptist University, the author of Jakarta: History of a Misunderstood City, published in 2020 and Asia’s Stock Markets from the Ground Up in October, 2021. Herald van der Linde -Twitter - https://twitter.com/HeraldLindeLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/herald-van-der-linde-a1699512/WTFinance Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

On this weeks episode of the WTFinance podcast we are happy to be hosting Brian Feroldi - Author, Writer and YouTuber.During the interview we talk about the Feroldi Quality Score Framework, Brian's influences for his investment framework, the impact Macroeconomic trends have on investing and Health Tech. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction0:40 - Why did you keep investing despite early setbacks?3:50 - How did you create the Feroldi Quality Score Framework8:40 - What were your influences for your investing framework and has this changed over your career?11:05 - Has the markets trend over the past 14 years benefiting growth stocks shaped your framework?12:45 - 3 Most Important things from the Framework?16:10 - Do you see Tesla becoming the next Apple with its network effects?17:50 - Do you take Global Macroeconomic trends into account when investing?23:20 - When you enter an ETF matters24:25 - How do you prevent yourself panicking during massive downside moves?27:05 - Peloton - Current example of bad results - bad price movement28:10 - How do you incorporate great companies into your portfolio allocation?32:00 - How do you balance investing in future trends while finding valuable companies?36:40 - Does your framework change for Health Tech and Pharmaceutical companies?38:05 - One message for listeners to takeaway from our interview?Brian Feroldi has been intensely interested in money, personal finance, and investing ever since he graduated from college.Brian started investing in 2004. In the beginning, he had no idea what he was doing and got his teeth kicked in. His returns improved dramatically over time as his experience and knowledge about the stock market grew.In 2015, Brian became a writer for the Motley Fool. He has since written more than 3,000 articles on stocks, investing, and personal finance. He has also appeared on hundreds of podcasts, videos, and live streams.In 2021, Brian launched a YouTube channel. It garnered more than 40,000 subscribers and over 1 million views in its first year.In 2022, Brian’s book Why Does The Stock Market Go Up? was published. Brian lives in New England with his wife and three kids.Brian FeroldiWebsite - https://www.brianferoldi.com/YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs60_Z83HU76uygzHRQl0kATwitter - https://twitter.com/BrianFeroldiLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianferoldi/Framework - https://brianferoldi.gumroad.com/l/zWXyeBook - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09NQQKZ9G/WTFinance Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

On this weeks podcast I am happy to have hosted Alex Gurevich, Founder and CEO of HonTe Investments and author of the recently released book " The Trades of March 2020 - A Shield Against Uncertainty". Buy the Book Here - Kindle - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trades-March-2020-against-Uncertainty-ebook/dp/B09NX372KG/Paperback - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trades-March-2020-against-Uncertainty/dp/1544525133/On the podcast we talk about the book, the underperformance of Global Macro Investing, can the FED afford to raise interest rates, why Alex did so well in the first week of March and the Beanie Baby Theory. I hope you enjoy!0:00 - Introduction0:22 - What was your influence for writing the book?4:50 - First hand account of a fund manager5:35 - What importance do you give to a shield? (Books title)12:25 - Underperformance of global macro and active investing over the past 12 years16:44 - What does a Investment Manager specialising in Long Horizon Discretionary Global Macro Trading? How is that strategy different to other strategies?21:50 - How had the markets changed in 2018?26:12 - Opinion on the FED hiking 3-4 times this year?31:28 - Can the FED afford to raise interest rates too high?32:43 - Why did you do so well in the first week of March 2020?35:33 - Don’t stop when on a winning streak39:10 - What changed in the second and third week of March?42:09 - What is the Beanie Baby Theory?46:38 - What is one message you would like listeners to take away from the book?Alex Gurevich is the Founder and CIO of HonTe Advisors, LLC. Alex has been involved in trading for over 20 years; holding various roles on Wall Street that included the launch of fixed income derivative trading franchises as well as running the macro book at JP Morgan. More recently, Alex has transformed his very successful family office into a global macro strategy suitable for institutional investors. He is the author of The Next Perfect Trade, published in 2015, which articulates his rigorous trade selection and investment process. Alex was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Russia and earned his PhD in mathematics from the University of Chicago.Alex Gurevich - Twitter - https://twitter.com/agurevich23LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-gurevich-23a358105/WTFinance - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

On todays podcast I am happy to be hosting Spencer Jakab, Editor of the "Heard on the Street" column at The Wall Street Journal and Author of the recently released book "The Revolution That Wasn't: GameStop, Reddit, and the Fleecing of Small Investors". On the podcast we talk about what Wall Street Bets is, the events leading up to the GameStop short squeeze, why Robinhood halted trading and why it wasn't a revolution. 0:00 - Introduction0:22 - Influence for writing the book?3:30 - How did WallStreetBets start and what attracted so many like  minded people to the group?7:30 - Wall Street makes money from volatility10:40 - How traders started gambling18:25 - Who was Keith Gill and what attracted people to his investment ideas?22:55 - Other short squeezes30:15 - Taking advantage of Wall Street Bets31:55 - Why Robinhood halted trading?38:40 - Why it wasn’t a Revolution44:00 - Do you believe Hedge Funds have learnt from this situation?Spencer is the editor of  “Heard on the Street,” the Wall Street Journal’s financial and economic analysis column. Before joining Heard as Deputy Editor in 2015 he wrote the “Ahead of the Tape” column which ran each weekday and previewed the day’s most important economic or business event. Before that Spencer wrote “Lex” for Britain’s Financial Times.Spencer's first career was in finance. He lived in Europe for a decade, mostly working as an emerging markets stock analyst and later the head of a research team at a big bank. He learned a lot, travelled to some very cool places, but got bored with corporate life and decided to write about money instead of making so darn much of it.Spencer earned a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University, a certificate from Columbia’s Harriman Institute, and a B.A. in political science from Brandeis University.Spencer Jakab - Website - https://spencerjakab.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/SpencerjakabLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencer-jakab-43b635b/WTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

On todays podcast we are happy to be hosting Christopher Leonard, a New York Times bestselling journalist and author of the recently released book “The Lords of Easy Money - How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy”.On the podcast we talk about the book, why the FED was created, how this changed with the implementation of Quantitative Easing and how these actions have led to the asset inflation we have seen over the past 13 years. I hope you enjoy!You can buy the book here - Kindle - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lords-Easy-Money-Federal-American-ebook/dp/B09843RVM5/Hardcover - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lords-Easy-Money-Federal-American/dp/1982166630/0:00 - Podcast Introduction0:22 - What influenced Chris to write the book?2:50 - People treat QE as a necessary evil, but it didn’t have to be the case4:37 - Who is Thomas Hoenig and why is he so important to the story?8:00 - The need for consensus in the FED11:35 - Why was the FED created and how did QE change their meaning?16:40 - How the 70’s and the actions taken then compare to today?22:10 - Price increases leading to instability 24:00 - How many people have dropped from the middle class26:55 - Why QE hasn’t trickled down and stayed in many financial tools?31:10 - Greenspan Put and how that increases risk appetite in the market?35:00 - Stark increase in the gap between Middle Class and Upper Class37:00 - The FEDs bailing out highly leveraged Hedge Funds in 201941:50 - Why did the FED complicate their communications?48:55 - Linked to transitory inflation and how the FED denied for as long as possible51:05 - Why did Jerome Powell’s views change while being a part of the FED?59:30 - One message to take away from the interview?Christopher Leonard is a business reporter whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and Bloomberg Businessweek. He is the author of The Lords of Easy Money, The Meat Racket and Kochland, which won the J. Anthony Lukas Work-In-Progress Award. Christopher Leonard - Website - http://www.christopherleonard.biz/Twitter - https://twitter.com/CLeonardNewsLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-leonard-605a767/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/ChristopherLeonardAuthor/?ref=page_internalWTFinance -Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

On todays podcast we are happy to be hosting James A Fok, author of the book " Financial Cold War: A View of Sino-US Relations from the Financial Markets". On the podcast we talk about the book, what is the Financial Cold War, why the conflict is different to the Cold War between the US and USSR and what solutions could resolve the tensions between the two countries. You can buy the book here - Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Financial-Cold-War-Sino-US-Relations-ebook/dp/B09NTB7P3Z/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1WZ88SHXSZ2EY&keywords=The+Financial+Cold+War&qid=James Fok is a veteran financial and strategic advisor to corporations and governments. He served as a senior executive at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) from 2012 until 2021, during a period of rapid internationalisation in China's capital markets. While there, he played a major role in a number of landmark financial markets initiatives, including the launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect programme (2014), Bond Connect (2017) and the Hong Kong market's Listing Reforms (2018). Prior to HKEX, Fok worked as an investment banker in both Europe and Asia, specialising in the financial services sector.Fok has written and spoken extensively about market structure issues and the intersection between geopolitics and international finance. He serves or has served on a number of financial industry bodies, including Ireland for Finance's Industry Advisory Committee (2021-), the Executive Board of the International Securities Services Association (2018-21), and the Financial Services Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade and Development Council (2014-21). He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Hex Trust (2021-).Fok holds a BA (Hons) from the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London. He lives in Hong Kong with his wife and two sons.James Fok:Website - https://jamesafok.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-fok-24082237/WTFinance:Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas

On this weeks podcast I am happy to be hosting Rupert Russell - Writer, Filmmaker and author of the upcoming book "Price Wars: How Chaotic Markets Are Creating a Chaotic World", released on the 27th of January. On the podcast we talk about how traders influence instability through commodity markets, the butterfly effect and how climate change will amplify the current effects. Buy the Book - Amazon Hardcover - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Profit-Loss-Rupert-Russell/dp/1474613977/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1641911599&sr=8-2Amazon Kindle - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Price-Wars-Adventures-Financial-Apocalypse-ebook/dp/&sr=8-2Publisher - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/622647/price-wars-by-rupert-russell/#RUPERT RUSSELL is a writer, director, and author.He received a Double-Starred First in the Social and Political Sciences from Jesus College, Cambridge, and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in Sociology, where he was National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow.His feature debut, Freedom for the Wolf, charted the global crisis of democracy, won the Audience Award at the Slamdance Film Festival and was nominated for the Cinema for Peace ‘Most Valuable Film of the Year’ Award during Berlinale 2019.Price Wars: How Chaotic Markets are Creating a Chaotic World traces the origins of the chaotic decade - from Trump and Brexit to Syria and Ukraine to the climate crisis and the global refugee crisis - back to the world's financial markets. It is both a feature documentary film that aired on ARTE and a book to be published in January 2022 by Doubleday (Penguin Random House) in the US and Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Hachette) in the UK.He is a member of the LGBTQ+ community and has directed commercials celebrating Pride for HSBC.Rupert - Website - https://www.rupertrussell.com/Twitter - https://twitter.com/rupert_russellInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/rupertrussell/WTFinance:Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wtfinancee/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/67rpmjG92PNBW0doLyPvfnTikTok - https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeUjj9xV/iTunes - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wtfinance/id1554934665?uo=4Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-fatseas-761066103/Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnthonyFatseas